Villenave d’Ornon is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side. Thus, it is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.

Geography 

Municipality of the metropolis of Bordeaux and more precisely in its urban unit south of Bordeaux , on the left bank (west) of the Garonne .

Transport

By train  : Villenave-d’Ornon station, Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Sète-Ville line . By road: A62 motorway , bypass exit 18.

VCub , a self-service bicycle system implemented in February 2010. The Transports Bordeaux Métropole (TBM) network serves the town through bus lines.

The line C of the Bordeaux tramway has two stops which its terminus south on the territory of the municipality Villenave Center – Maye Bridge and Villenave – Pyrenees from.

Education

The Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences.

• The town has nine nursery schools, eight primary schools, two secondary schools (Pont de la Maye college and Chambéry college) and an agricultural high school.
• Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV): opened in 2008, it brings together research, training and development teams from the University of Bordeaux and INRA , specializing in the wine industry .

Health 

The town hosts the Robert-Picqué Army Instruction Hospital (HIA) .

Local Culture and Heritage 

Culture 

The town houses a multiplex cinema, the Méga CGR (15 screens), and a cultural hall, the Cube, of 518  m ² and with a capacity of more than 1,500 people.

Archaeological zoning 

The decree of the prefect of the Aquitaine region dated July 16, 2007 lists the following zones  :

• 1. Ancient aqueduct (branch of Vayre)
• 2. Ancient aqueduct (branch of Brucat)
• 3. Camparian, Sarcignan – Multiple remains – Gallo-Roman and Middle Ages
• 4. Courréjean – Chateau and Mill – Middle Ages
• 5. La Manufacture, Geneste – Villa – Gallo-Romain
• 6. Moulin de Cazot – Mill – Modern Period
• 7. Mill of Madeira – Mill – Modern Period
• 8. Peyre Haut. Dolmens and tumulus. Neolithic
• 9. Saint-Martin · Church – Middle Ages
• 10. Sallegourde – Probable motte and castle – Middle Ages

Places and monuments 

• Church of St. Martin in the xi ^th  century , apse classified as a historical monument in 1920.
• Château de Sallegourde listed as a historic monument in 2002.
• Megalithic necropolis of Peyrehaut  : the site has been designed for walkers, Chemin de Couhins, south of the city.
• The castle of Sarcignan is a former wine castle built in neo-Gothic style in the 1860s by Philippe Alary Lamartinie, Bordeaux notary and former municipal councilor of Villenave-d’Ornon. 
• The Church of St. Delphin was designed by the architectural studio Salier Lajus Courtois Sadirac and the subject of a classification label in the inventory of heritage xx ^th  century.

Parks and gardens

• Sourreil Park. Location: Chemin de Leysotte
• Sallegourde Park. Location: alley Etienne Sabatié

Wine chateaux 

• Château Couhins (INRA), Chemin de la Gravette: http://chateau-couhins.fr/ 
• Château Couhins-Lurton , 48, Chemin de Martillac: https://www.chateau-couhins-lurton.com/ 
• Château de Pontac-Montplaisir, AOC Pessac Léognan  : http://www.pontac-monplaisir.fr/  
• Château Baret, AOC Pessac Léognan  :  http://www.lechateaubaret.com 
• Château de Guiteronde, Allée du Château de Guiteronde: http://www.chateauguiteronde.com/  

Sports 

The Saint-Delphin Association is the city’s basketball club. Since 2015, the teams have been playing in the Élisabeth-Riffiod complex, a complex comprising two independent rooms, one of which has more than 1,000 seats. 

Sports Equipment 

• Junca area ( Skatepark , etc.)
• Olympic swimming pool
• Espace d’Ornon sports complex
• Pierre Brossolette Complex (Rue Sadi Carnot)
• Nelson Paillou Complex (Domaine Saint Georges)
• Elisabeth Riffiod Sports Complex (132 chemin de Leysotte)
• City Stade de Sarcignan
• College Chambery Gymnasium (138 Route de Léognan)
• Trigan Stadium (Chemin de Couhins)
• Wangermez Stadium (Avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny)
• Bourg Sports Hall (Avenue du Maréchal Foch)
• Roc Altitude Climbing Room (private)